Grace Murrell Nisbet

1900 - 1986  (86 years)

• Name	Grace Murrell Nisbet
  Born	26 Mar 1900	Arisaig, Inverness, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1910	Alexandria, Egypt
  Residence	1916	Cheltenham Ladies College, Gloucestershire
  Residence	1930	Liverpool, Lancashire
  Died	3 Jun 1986	86 St Mary Abbots Court, Warwick Gardens, Kensington, London
  Person ID	I1448	Wright and Savill
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Robert James Nisbet           b. 17 Apr 1869, 10 Allanton Terrace, Govan, Lanark, Scotland           d. 26 Sep 1958, West London Hospital, Hammersmith, London  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Alice Isabel Wright           b. 11 Jun 1868, Maldon, Essex           d. 15 Dec 1944, 86 St Mary Abbots Court, Warwick Gardens, Kensington, London  (Age 76 years)
  Married	19 Aug 1897	All Saints Church, Maldon, Essex
  Notes	Both were aged 28. Robert Nisbet was a civil engineer. Witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Nisbet and Grace Hayes.
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frank Wyndham Goldie           b. 5 Jul 1897, Rochester, Kent           d. 26 Sep 1957, London  (Age 60 years)
  Married	30 Jul 1928	St Barnabas Church, Kensington, London
  Notes	Grace was a spinster aged 27 and Frank was a bachelor aged 31 - both were residing at 17 Warwick Gardens at the time of the marriage. Frank's occupation was actor. Their fathers were Robert James Nisbet, an engineer and Lewis Alexander Goldie (deceased), a solicitor. Witnesses to the marriage were T M Gleet and E Goldie.
  Family ID	F431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Mar 1900 - Arisaig, Inverness, Scotland Residence - 1910 - Alexandria, Egypt Residence - 1916 - Cheltenham Ladies College, Gloucestershire Married - 30 Jul 1928 - St Barnabas Church, Kensington, London Residence - 1930 - Liverpool, Lancashire Died - 3 Jun 1986 - 86 St Mary Abbots Court, Warwick Gardens, Kensington, London  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Grace Murrell Nisbet Grace was a noted television producer. She was awarded the OBE in 1958.
  		Grace Murrell Nisbet

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone of Grace Murrell Nisbet and her husband Frank Wyndham Goldie. The headstone is to be found in St Alban's Churchyard, Fant, East Sussex.

  
  

• Notes

  Grace Murrell Nisbet was born 26 March1900 in Arisaig, Inverness, the second child and only daughter of Robert James Nisbet and Alice Isabel Wright. Her father was a civil engineer who worked in Egypt for a time and her first school was the Convent of Notre Dame de Sion in Alexandria. The family returned to England in 1916 and Grace was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College. From there she went to Bristol University where she obtained a 1st class honours degree in history in 1921. She went on to Somerville College, Oxford where she earned 2nd class degrees in philosophy, politics and economics. For the next three years she taught history at Brighton and Hove School. She married Frank Wyndham Goldie, a handsome film actor, in 1928 and they lived in Liverpool for six years, where Grace wrote the book " Liverpool Repertory Theatre 1911-1934". In 1934 they moved to London and for the next seven years she wrote radio criticism for "The Listener". From 1942 until 1944 she worked for the Board of Trade and then joined the BBC in 1944. She was awarded the OBE in 1958. Grace died aged 86 in her London flat at 86 St Mary Abbots Court, Warwick Gardens, Kensington on 3 June 1986. Nicola Helen Brown of 5 Lincolns Inn Fields, WC2 registered the death.